The Watch

July 27th, Genre: Sci-fi, comedy, Director: Akiva Schaffer, Writer: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Billy Crudup, Patricia French

Synopsis: A group of overworked, exhausted suburban fathers decide to start a fake neighborhood watch group as a way to escape their families and get in some male bonding time. However, when one of their “meetings” turns out to be the setting for a real alien invasion, the men are forced to step up and protect their neighborhood as a team in a battle against the extraterrestrial creatures.

Killer Joe

July 27th, Genre: Comedy, Director: William Friedkin, Writer: Tracy Letts

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emilie Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon

Synopsis: When a debt puts Chris’s (Hirsch) life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance. Desperate, he turns to “Killer Joe” (Matthew McConaughey) when he finds out that his mother’s life insurance policy is worth $50,000. Although Joe usually demands cash up front, he finds himself willing to bend the rules in exchange for Chris’ attractive younger sister, Dottie, who will serve as sexual collateral until the money comes in… If it ever does.